оройуон

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Yakut

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian район (rajon). Related with English raion, but not region.

Noun

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оройуон (oroyuon)

  1. raion, region
    Саха сирин хотугу оройуоннараSaqa sirin qotugu oroyuonnarathe northern regions / districts of Yakutia
  2. (colloquial) (by synecdoche) district center